| Author | Message | ||
     Tripp |
managed to get a couple hours of fishing in after work last nite what a blast! almost every cast produced a fine young crappie. some of the little buggers put up a hell of a fight. several were well over a pound! i used a vampire rapala #7 floating with a slow retrieve just under the surface and it was driving them crazy! also i'm happy to say i got them all back into the water in seconds so i can catch them again some other time! | ||
| Brineusaf |
Nice... using an ultra-lite? If not try one, it will make the crappie seem like swordfish. Kyle Brine United States Air Force | ||
| Sarodude |
Wow. I though we only got crappies off the SoCal coast when the sewers overflow. And you guys wanna catch these things? I gotta hook you up with Andy Gump or someone. -Saro | ||
| Spiderman |
I use a nice red 1/4 stick of TNT. Gets 'em every time! | ||
| Newfie_buell |
Whats a Crappie???? | ||
| Spiderman |
You got 'em from your kids diapers  | ||
| Bads1 |
Newfie.  | ||
| Newfie_buell |
And I'll mail one to you Spidey!!!! | ||
| Swampy |
A Black Beauty! Rev limiters only work on the way up! | ||
| Skyguy |
Is it called a crappie because anything caught in SoCal is crappy eating? | ||
| Bads1 |
Wow!!! First I've heard of Crappie being bad eating. Good beer batter over a open pit fire. Awesome. Love a good shore lunch. | ||
| Rex |
crappie is one of the best American Sport Bike Night. Going on 8 years. The largest, most consistently meeting Group of Buell Enthusiasts in the World. | ||
| Bigdaddy |
Crappie is excellent when fried,,,cold water/winter crappie is even better. The further south you go the more they're referred to as white perch,,,in NC they're still crappie. | ||
| Djkaplan |
They're still called crappie in mid-west Georgia. The best eating game fish you can catch around here. | ||
| Cowboy |
My sister caught the Louisiana state record. I weighted at just under 4 lbs. The best tasting fish in centeral La. | ||
| Ceejay |
best eats around here too, gotta get em early, cool spring as they get mushy in the summer. ultra-lite 4lb test fishing is the best. makes a blue gill feel like a steel head.. | ||
| Diablobrian |
for those that don't know it's pronounced "croppie" | ||
| Mikej |
Probably depends on one's accent. I've called them croppys, unless I was fishing for trout then they become crappies because they keep taking the bait before the trout have a chance. I think I'm going fishing this weekend. | ||
| Tripp |
i was using light tackle and they were giving a heroic fight! i started calling them crappies from reading in-fisherman magazine, around here they call them calico bass but, i don't think they're even in the bass family! i believe they're in the perch family. nice pic dana that's the bugger although they are a lot darker around here, black top with the spots and a yellowish belly. | ||
| Bads1 |
Tripp they very in color around here. Almost black sometimes to almost silver. Fun to catch and always good eat'n if ya got a mess of'em. | ||
| Spiderman |
Newf, You mean you can send poo but not Screech!! lol | ||
| Jackbequick |
The crappie got its name from the French-Canadian name for the fish, they called it a "crapet" which in French sounds like "craw pay" with the emphasis on the second word. The perfect fish for younger fisherpeople, and fine eating little buggers too. Unfortunately they run a little small up here in Maine because of the colder waters and shorter seasons. I fish a local lake that is clear enough that you can watch them on their beds during the spawning season and even watch them attacking lures and baits. I love to bat a fly (take your choice, deer, horse or moose) out of the air and then watch the crappie go for it when it hits the water. Jack | ||
| Tripp |
they don't get much bigger than 2# here either, they average about 3/4# to a 1# it's always exciting to get a nice 1 3/4+ pound, bigger than your hand type o slab hehe, now i'm gonna start calling them craw pay's. |
